We offer competitive futures spreads on more than 30 sectors including banks, miners, real estate, pharmaceuticals and more. Our sector markets are open to trade from 8.15am and our spreads start from just 0.4%.

Sectors trading enables you to take a position on the performance of a basket of stocks within a particular sector, for example technology, real estate or banks, without risking your portfolio by taking a position on individual companies within that sector.

For example, if you believe that the recovering UK economy will have a positive impact on banks, but are hesitant to speculate on individual bank stocks (which could be prone to other factors such as mergers and acquisitions), you could take a position on banking sector with City Index.

Our price on the UK banking sector is derived from the price of Lloyds Bank shares, Barclays shares, RBS shares and more. Similarly, by taking a position on the technology sector, you would be speculating of the performance of companies within that sector, such as Apple shares and Google shares, without speculating on the performance of individual companies.

Sectors market information

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CFD

Banks

A weighted index of the UK’s top banks including Barclays, Lloyds and RBS.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

12.5%

12.5%

Aerospace & Defence

An index of aerospace and defence companies such as BAE Systems, Meggitt and Cobham.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

7.5%

7.5%

Household Goods

An index of home builders and services including Barrat Developments, Persimmon and Redrow.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

7.5%

7.5%

Support Services

An index of support and services firms including Rentokil, Michael Page and Homeserve.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

7.5%

7.5%

Tobacco

An index of tobacco giants British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

7.5%

7.5%

General Retailers

An index of general retailers including Next, Marks and Spencer and Just Eat.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

12.5%

12.5%

Mining

A weighted index of top mining firms including Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Glencore.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

12.5%

12.5%

Beverages

This index is a weighted average of top beverage firms including Coca Cola, Diegeo and Associated British Foods.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

7.5%

7.5%

General Financial

An index of general financial companies with the largest capitalised firms maintaining the biggest weighting.

Fixed

0.4%

8.15am - 4.30pm

10%

10%

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

A weighted index of Astrazeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and other firms within the pharma and biotech industry.

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